It is a little difficult to prove that it is actually a blank. Since it hasn't gone through the upsetting mill, you can't be sure if it is a blank or a common slug. On one occasion, I found a blank in a Mint bag of Lincolns, but when I submitted it, it was rejected as a slug. How are you going to prove that it is a blank once you've already opened the bag. Nope! The grading services aren't going to take your word for it. Chris
Chris is very right. Proving it is the hard part if it is just a round piece of metal. Unfortunately, the TPG's have to be skeptical this piece of metal was actually in the mint but failed to be struck. Even if it were the proper alloy blank, maybe it was made at the sheet metal fabricator and never entered the mint? In that case, its not a "mint error". With a piece of sheet metal and the correct tool, I can make tons of these quickly. Give me a metal stamper from a place I used to work, I can make 200 of these a minute.
I suspect that all error coin enthusiasts have some blank planchets. They are not my favorite type coin but I certainly have some. Here is a 40% silver half dollar T2 planchet:
I would thoroughly enjoy owning the bottom photo there of the displayed blanks. Unfortunately, I only own cent blanks. Thanks for sharing
I couldn't think of a good answer for your good question. There are many facets that contribute to the grade of a coin. Strike is one of those facets.
Ummm, I don't have any photos of my blank one cent planchet, so this will have to do until I get around to snapping a few shots!!
If I want to send in my blanks/planchets to NGC, what do they charge? I went to the NGC website, and saw the economy grading, and might sign up for the service to get free submissions, but I can't find out if the error fee applies to blanks/planchets. And do they test the metal, because that's also a fee. What did they charge you to submit yours?
